Benin Remembers Slave Trade History Benin commemorated the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition in Ouidah, with descendants of deported Africans joining a remembrance march and events reconnecting the diaspora with its ancestral roots. Footage filmed on Sunday shows participants marching with a banner honouring deported Africans, gathering for presentations and visiting the city’s Python … Continue reading ‘What happened was monstrous’ – African descendants return to Benin to honour slave trade victims